That, and more, is exactly what Bridgeton’s newest taxi cab company is accused of.

City council stated on Tuesday that they would look into some of the alleged wrongdoings, specifically stops at local liquor stores.

Coincidentally, the city will be updating the taxicab ordinance early next year and soon have a hearing with it’s four licensed taxi companies.

Owners from Go US Cab and Transport, located at 103 Summit Ave., and El Chapulan, located at 61 Harrison St., attended Tuesday night’s city council meeting.

They claim an upstart rival company, composed of numerous former employees, had taken to threatening Go Us and Chapulan owners and drivers.

Such threats alleged by the two companies include verbal intimidation — stating they would fight the owners and employees — seeking to hire drivers from Go US and Chapulan and stopping their vehicles in the street so the competition’s taxi would rear-end them.

Employees and owners of the accused Jaylene Taxi Cab and Transport, located at 547 E. Commerce St., deny these accusations.

Barri Goldsboro, of Jaylene, said not only is this not true but it’s rivalry turned up to 10.

“They didn’t expect us to come up so fast. We get a lot of their customers,” said Goldsboro on Wednesday morning.

“Bridgeton is familiar with all of us,” she added of her drivers and four, metallic blue taxis.

“We provide a service to the public,” said Gloribel on Wednesday. “We’re not in competition, we want to help out the people.”

Gloribel, who had left her position at the Bridgeton Free Library to work with her husband, described the situation as “childish.”

Alfonzo, in a statement made on Tuesday night, said Jimenez had threatened to “break my face.”

He told the council that Jimenez had stopped one of his drivers and told him to “be careful” because he can “do things.”

He also explained that Jimenez had handed out business cards for Jaylene, prior to it’s opening, while still employed for Go US.

Jaylene drivers were accused on Tuesday night of making runs to liquor stores for customers, without the customers.

“Packaged goods and food items. They used to do that stuff,” Goldsboro said of the competition.

She said that drivers, tired of intoxicated customers and others who refused to pay for their delivery, put an end to the practice.

Jaylene was also accused of calling the two competitors on restricted phone numbers and making requests for pick up.

When drivers arrived, no one was there.

Goldsboro said she did not know where these accusations originated from.

“We sit here, we do our business,” she said.

Business is so good at Jaylene that apparently there is little time for chit-chat, much less plotting to take down competitors. Nearly all communications between home base and drivers is done through Nextel phones.

Goldsboro accused the other companies of charging lower, rounded-off rates to remain competitive.

One company would provide passengers with a business card for every trip. The fifth business card meant a free ride to anywhere in Bridgeton, according to Goldsboro.

Both practices are in violation of the “Rates and meters” portion of the city taxicab code.

Police Chief Mark Ott has met with the three companies involved in the dispute. He gave them the same instructions.

“Call the police to the scene and file a complaint,” said Ott on Wednesday. Those complaints would be heard in municipal court.